BURNS, ROBERT

Duration: 67min

Year Published: 1940

Creator: Post Pictures Corporation

Format: 16mm

Sound: Sound

Description: Produced by James A. FitzPatrick. Musical and dramatic film presentation of the life of Robert Burns, made in England and Scotland, where the events of his life actually took place. The story is told of the poet's uncertain existence, his love of freedom and homeland, his appreciation of beauty, his brief rise to fame in the literary circles of Edinburgh and, finally, his decline and its unfortunate outcome. "The subject is recommended by the Motion Picture Committee of the Department of Secondary Teachers of the N.E.A. Many of Burns's poems are heard in the film." Movie makers

Complete Record: Dewey number: 921 Audience level: jh-sh-c-adult Producer note: Guide Format/cost: 16-sd-$187.50 Distributors / rental: Ideal Pictures Corporation rent $12.50; MetM; Indiana University $5; Visual Education Service, Inc 16-color-$1.50

Metadata Source:Educational Film Guide 1946